What was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s
plan to end the Great Depression?
The New Deal
The government wanted to care for the citizens in need
What was the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration?
New Deal program to help farmers
Federal Reserve
Supposed to protect banks, but failed
during the Great Depression
Dust Bowl
Name given to Southern Great Plains
that suffered from little rain
Migrant Worker
A person who moves from place to
place to find work
Why is Social Security
significant?
New Deal program that sill exists today
How many people were out of work
in the US during the Great
Depression?
25% or
th
1/4
What are the causes of the Great
Depression?
• Stock Market Crashed
– People over speculated on stocks
• The Federal Reserve failed to protect the
banking system
• High Tariffs
What are the results of the Great
Depression?
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Banks and businesses failed
People were hungry & homeless
Farmers incomes fell because of the Dust Bowl
25% or 1/4th of people lost their jobs
What does it mean to buy on
credit?
• Form of a loan
• Borrowing money that you will pay back later
with interest
“Black Tuesday” is remembered
for what?
The Stock Market Crash
• October 29, 1929